Social Class, Economic Inequality, and the Convergence of Policy Preferences: Evidence from 24 Modern Democracies.
Using data from the World Values Survey and national-level indicators for 24 modern democracies, we assess the influence of social class and economic inequality on preferences for government responsibility. We improve on previous research by using multilevel models that account for differences in at...
| Publicado en: | Canadian Review of Sociology Vol. 52; no. 3; pp. 266 - 289 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Aug2015
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